Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of . . .

By P. J. O'Rourke

In the twenty-one pieces collected in this book, P.J. O’Rourke visits the Lebanese civil war and the Marcos election campaign, sees Russia through the bottom of a vodka bottle and examines sundry aspects of Western civilization, such as the great bicycle menace, the history of the last fifteen minutes and ‘How to drive fast on drugs while getting your wing-wang squeezed and not spill your drink’

‘This boozy hymn to home – to America – is funny because it is resonantly true . . . For conservatives and liberals, or for anyone bent double under the weight of political earnestness, Republican Party Reptile is a wonderful bonus indeed’ Wall Street Journal

‘He is funny. As with Evelyn Waugh, I can see why he makes me laugh, but I can’t see why he makes me laugh so much’ Chris Peachment, The Times

‘The funniest wind-up artist to emerge from America since Hunter S. Thompson’ Time Out

‘P.J. O’Rourke has to be the funniest writer going, and boy does he go. This is high-octane wit, S. J. Perelman on acid’ Christopher Buckley

‘Extremely literate, funny, irreverent and refreshingly unpatriotic . . . these essays are a delight’ Daily Telegraph

‘The funniest American writer I have read since Thurber’ Tom Sharpe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Nov 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781509821556

P. J. O'Rourke

P. J. O'Rourke is the bestselling author of ten books, including Eat the Rich, Give War a Chance, Holidays in Hell, Parliament of Whores, All the Trouble in the World, The CEO of the Sofa and Peace Kills. He has contributed to, among other publications, Playboy, Esquire, Harper's, New Republic, the New York Times Book Review and Vanity Fair. He is a regular correspondent for the Atlantic magazine. He divides his time between New Hampshire and Washington, D.C.

Reviews for Republican Party Reptile

[miaculpa-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

At his best P.J. O'Rourke is one of the funniest, sharpest writers around. "Republican Party Reptile" however has the feel of a bunch of disparate articles thrown together in a money making attempt (which undoubtedly it is). There are a couple of stories which are mildly amusing but there's quite a bit of filler as well ...